Excel: Only Values Copied from Protected Document

 Last reviewed: November 29, 1994
Article ID: Q63426
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 1.x, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0

SUMMARY

Although the Copy command can be executed on cells in a protected Microsoft Excel document, the Paste command cannot.

Copied data can be pasted into other, unprotected documents; however, only the values will be transferred.

For example:

  1. Open a blank worksheet in Excel.

  2. Enter "10" (without quotation marks) into A1 and "=A1" (without quotation marks) into A2.

  3. From the Options menu, choose Protect Document and press OK.

  4. Select A1 and A2. From the Edit menu, choose Copy.

  5. Open a new worksheet. From the Edit menu, choose Paste.

When A2 is selected, only the value 10 will be displayed in the formula bar. The formula "=A1" is not transferred to the unprotected worksheet.

MORE INFORMATION

This is by design. It is not possible to copy formulas from cells on a protected document into another document.

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Last reviewed: November 29, 1994
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